Gram Parsons

Scott Sechman has displayed an amazing knack for meeting some of rock's most beloved cult heroes. It all started around 1967 when his big brother's band, the Norfolk Aliens, opened for The Box Tops at the Virginia Beach Dome.

Sechman tagged along and what transpired put his life on a new track.

"I think the Box Tops had just released 'Neon Rainbow,'" Sechman recalled in a phone conversation from his home in Southern California. "I went back stage and saw they weren't much older than The Aliens. Hearing [Box Tops singer] Alex Chilton talk, I though, 'Damn! They're real Southern boys. These guys are...

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